Urban flood modelling at speed and scale

城市地区频繁发生的洪水造成的损失相当于特大洪水。随着未来的城市化和气候变化，这种情况可能会加剧。尽管水敏感城市设计（WSUD）提供了可持续的城市排水解决方案，但没有模型可以选择最佳的WSUD系统来实现设定的城市防洪目标。该项目旨在开发新一代快速城市洪水模型和首个WSUD规划工具，以支持行业和政府有效减少城市洪水损失。项目成果也适用于推进预警系统和实时控制洪水。

Frequent floods in urban areas cause damages comparable to extreme floods. This is likely to intensify with future urbanisation and climate change. Although Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) offers sustainable urban drainage solutions, there are no models that can select an optimal WSUD system to deliver on a set urban flood mitigation target. The project aims to develop a new generation of fast urban flood models and the-first-of-its-kind WSUD planning tool to support industry and governments to effectively reduce the urban flooding damages. The project outcomes are also applicable for advancing early warning systems and real-time control of floods.